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Date:      Fri, 17 Jun 2022 00:33:36 -0700
From:      "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com>
To:        "freebsd-security@freebsd.org" <freebsd-security@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Intel CPU CVE Issue: CVE-2022-21166/CVE-2022-21125/CVE-2022-21123
Message-ID:  <41717.1655451216@segfault.tristatelogic.com>
In-Reply-To: <90e55cbc-a0f7-7220-3759-e05dee2daaf9@inbox.lv>

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In message <90e55cbc-a0f7-7220-3759-e05dee2daaf9@inbox.lv>, 
John Long <codeblue@inbox.lv> wrote:

>1st of all, my comment was because of your post but was not directed at 
>you. Sorry if that was unclear.
>
>2nd of all, great that they give advice. Not so great that people have 
>to actually do the work. This costs everybody *besides Intel* a lot of 
>money and there is no end in sight.
>
>How about if Intel gives refunds to people afflicted by their defective 
>products and pays remediation costs to software projects similarly 
>afflicted? Maybe that would give them incentive to do a better job with 
>the junk they're selling.


There's neither any need nor any point to being rude to the guy.  He just
asked a couple of simple simple questions.  It's not his job to issue
refunds for Intel's broken & insecure processors.  (He doesn't even work
for Intel.)


Regards,
rfg



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